Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Wait… Thanos isn’t feeling so good. Have we created a paradox?

@ThanosReXXX: My own health (physical and otherwise) as well as my time is why I've started paying less attention to comment sections overall. I'm not only applying that theory to articles here to an extent, but also am working on doing that nearly everywhere else online. It's amazing how much time I waste some days reading pointless comments that tear down X group, activity, console, etc. because they like or identify with thing or idea or broad inclusive group Y or Z. There's some intelligent conversation to be sure (and there are places much MUCH worse than the comment sections here), but more often than not it's drowned in narrow-minded name-calling, mudslinging, or trolling.

But yeah, that's why I tend to throw a lot of salt behind rumors. Many have at least a grain of truth to them, but I think it's pointless to be upset about something that was never officially confirmed or even hinted at. Sure, I would have liked to see something on the rumored Metroid Prime Trilogy port, but that was nothing more than a rumor that may still surface in the future. Dismissing the rest of the Direct does Nintendo and the fans who did enjoy it a disservice. There was PLENTY on offer to be excited about.

Anyone standing right outside my house when I watched the Link's Awakening announcement probably would have thought my chosen sports team had scored or something. XD

@GyroZeppeli You must have missed my "I've been in an accident and broken my rib, and ruptured a bone in the finger of my right hand" story...

@ThanosReXXX I saw it. Are you sure your finger didn’t break because of the snap?

@GyroZeppeli If only. Then I would have been more at peace with it...

@Blitzenexx True, this community isn't nearly as bad, no, but it has become considerably worse than it was, ever since I joined, and in my view, a large part of why this community hasn't yet sunk down to the levels of a YouTube comments section, is because it's more tightly monitored, and some people have already flown off the handle regardless, with several issued warnings and/or bans as a result.

Right now, I'm sporting a MASSIVE head & neck ache, due to stress, partially also because of all this crap. And because I'm already on a maximum dose of pain killers, I can't take anything to take care of the headache...

I can empathize with the neck pain. Our accreditation review is 100% over tomorrow (we only had 5 ‘recommendations for improvement’ out of 1852 standards, yay), and all the extra work and stress have caught up. From an increased workload on my department due to field staff prepping their audits, and all the setup/breakdown of conference halls, all the way down to those dang plants, my body is worn and my neck muscles are rocks.

@JackEatsSparrows Ah, yeah... I know that kinda pain, from crunch-time at the office, back in the day.
But what I'm currently suffering, is more like a migraine: one-sided headache, that radiates out to the neck and shoulders. Migraine also runs in my family, predominantly on the female side, but apparently, I'm one of the lucky men to also get it at times...

@ThanosReXXX: I've also noticed the slight dip in (overall) civility here compared to when I joined back in mid 2015; I'd been using the site for news since 2011 bit admittedly didn't peruse the comment sections much then.

Ironically, I think the Switch's popularity has brought in more site traffic compared to when I joined during the Wii U days. While more traffic isn't necessarily a bad thing, it also tends to attract more of...Well, the stuff I dislike about the world wide web.

Isn't it kinda amazing how this thread is six years old

@Blitzenexx Couldn't agree more. Seems we're more or less forced to take the good with the bad sometimes, depending on which online platform we engage ourselves in...

EDIT:
That sounds off. Could be due to my headache or due to me being too heavily influenced by Dutch grammar. Either way, obviously I meant to say that we can't seem to have any good, without having to accept the bad that sometimes comes with it. And sometimes in ever increasing waves, unfortunately...

@ThanosReXXX Yuck. I’ve been fortunate enough to not experience migraines, but my colleague gets them occasionally. My contribution was to get us small desk lamps so when could turn off the office lights when they strike 😂

Ya, thread is the most well-mannered. I like to think it’s where the cool kids hang out 😜

@ThanosReXXX: Heh, no corrections necessary. I took your intended meaning in the email I received.

Migraines are not fun. Thankfully they're very rare when I do get them. Man can those be crippling.

@ThanosReXXX You could always use NL's version of the Snap, the Ignore button. 😉

@ThanosReXXX I'll take a world full of glass half empty folk, you can have a world full of Beezins. Beezos?

Actual email I just got from my sons middle school (6-8 grade) principal. Some names have been deleted just b/c.

February 15, 2019

Dear Middle School Parents,

As we enter the February recess, I want to bring something to your attention that concerns the health and safety of our student population. There is a new practice called Beezin’ being discussed among some students. This is the act of applying Burt’s Bees lip balm (often menthol or peppermint flavored) to one’s eyelids. Besides causing stinging in the eyes, Beezin’ claims to induce or heighten the sensation of being drunk or high, or create a perceived state of enhanced alertness.

Beezin’ is akin to the Tide Pod Challenge that unfortunately gained a lot of attention in previous years. While discussions of Beezin’ are relatively new in our area (to my knowledge), all research found online indicates that the practice is extremely dangerous – it can lead to pinkeye-like infections, burning of the eyelids and even blindness.

Please be assured that we will be discussing the dangers of Beezin’ with our students. Please also discuss this with your child at home, as we want to reinforce the message of how harmful this practice can be. As we repeatedly say, the health and safety of our students is our district’s top priority.

Thank you for your cooperation and please accept my best wishes for a wonderful mid-winter recess.

PRIDE,
Principal

Maybe you should just snap your fingers and make us all disappear, problem(s) solved.

I’m calling it, it’s the work of Jeff Beezos.

@rjejr Thank you for reminding me of the infinite levels of stupidity that humanity always strives to achieve, especially during the days of our youth (and especially if it includes some way to exercise one's sense of control over other people through manipulation/coersion). Try to do your best to ensure your kin don't fall prey to this year's hot new source of self-mutilation with potentially irreversible consequences. We only get to live once. No one wants to spend 90% of it blind.

@CanisWolfred The bad news is my kids are more cynical than me regarding today's youth and social media. The good news is, see bad news.

I did a lot of crazy stupid stuff when I was a teen, grateful there's no proof, but it seems quaint, and purposeful, by today's standards of stupidity. Streaking just felt good and liberating, drinking beer through a funnel was a quick way to get drunk and I was gonna drink those beers anyway. But a lot of this stuff just seems like stupid for stupid sake. I guess after you get bored of sending people naked pictures of yourself you have to resort to just plain stupid. If we had broadband and PCs with pornhub in the 80's I never would have left my room, much less risk going blind. I'm kind of surprised we havent' seen a headline yet - "Today's Youth Bored of Porn Resort to Eating Tide Pods for Entertainment". Man I'm glad my kids are smart.

@rjejr I’m there with you; there’s a huge leap between doing silly reckless things and...beezin. We used to get the tops of big Tupperware storage bins and use those as shields while we shot bottle rockets at each other. Or in college we wore life jackets and face shields while we had high noon showdowns with plastic pellet guns.

But ingesting detergents, or putting lip balm on my eyelids? No. That’s stupid. 😂

@JackEatsSparrows Yeah, that's the thing isn't it. We did stupid stuff back then b/c it was fun. We were having fun while we were doing stupid stuff. The stupid stuff they do today isn't fun, it's b/c it's stupid. I mean come on, there's gotta be better ways to get a feeling of euphoria than risking blindness. Just sniff some glue. I'm sure it caused brain damage but at least you could see. Eating Tide Pods. Come on man.

I'd rather eat a Tide Pod pizza than a pineapple pizza to be honest.